Treasurer Encouraged By State Budget Talks
Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford said Tuesday that he's encouraged by the atmosphere around the Capitol this year as budget negotiations heat up.
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Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford said Tuesday that he's encouraged by the atmosphere around the Capitol this year as budget negotiations heat up.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's second trial on federal corruption charges begins on Wednesday, but it won't be a simple repeat of the first trial.
Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley will be in the hospital for a while longer, according to her physician.
A day after naming a new team to run the city's public schools, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that he's tapping former Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool to run the CTA.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel hopes to have his new police superintendent picked before he's sworn in less than four weeks from now, and it appears the list of prime candidates is getting shorter.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) says a remedy to high gas prices could be found by looking to Illinois' own natural resources.
Parents of Chicago Public School students saw Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's choice of a new CPS chief as an opportunity for change in the school system.
Cook County is now requiring public employees to publicly declare when politics is involved in the hiring process.
The deaths of two residents of a downstate Charleston group home in recent years have state lawmakers jumping into action.
Federal prosecutors accused Rod Blagojevich of "out-and-out fabrications" in recent media interviews, prompting the judge to advise the former governor "to restrain himself."
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has named Rochester, N.Y., schools superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard as his choice for the next Chicago Public Schools chief executive.
Lesbian activist Kelly Cassidy will replace state Rep. Harry Osterman in the Illinois House, as Osterman moves to the Chicago City Council.
A few hundred Tea Party activists rallied in Daley Plaza at noon Monday for a Tax Day protest, calling for a smaller American government.
A top Republican lawmaker says she 's hopeful the Illinois General Assembly will be able to reach a compromise on legislation to bring down employers' costs for workmen's compensation.
Congressman Luis Gutierrez said Saturday that he doesn't know if he can support President Barack Obama's bid for re-election in 2012 if he doesn't do more to reform immigration policy.
